Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen , city (1994 pop. 295,040), North Rhine-Westphalia, W Germany, a port on the Rhine-Herne Canal. It is a major industrial and coal-mining center of the Ruhr district. Dominated by heavy industry, it manufactures iron and steel, chemicals, glass, and clothing. Gelsenkirchen was a small village in 1850, but grew rapidly after the opening of the first coal mines in the 1850s. In 1928 the neighboring towns of Buer and Horst were absorbed by Gelsenkirchen. The city has a fine moated castle (16th-18th cent.), a municipal museum, and a zoological park.
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Banking on the phone
Magazine article from: Northwestern Financial Review; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...forms of human interaction - not to mention branch banking, checking and telephone banking? As it's turned out, people still enjoy seeing each other at the bank, branch banking is thriving, millions of people continue to write...
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Banking markets and interstate entry in the Southeastern United States.
Magazine article from: Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics; 3/22/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...multibank holding company entry into intrastate banking markets has received much interest in the literature...on the anticompetitive effects of interstate banking. It has been argued that interstate banking likely will result in increased concentration...
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Banking markets and the use of financial services by households. (Survey by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
Newspaper article from: Federal Reserve Bulletin; 3/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...likely to reduce the competitiveness of banking services. And whether competition would...geographic area that constitute the "banking market." The current definition assumes...institutions offering the full range of banking products. Therefore, only local commercial...
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Banking in the Middle East.(the growth of the Islamic private banking sector)
Magazine article from: The Middle East; 2/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; Private banking is a fast-growing business in the Middle...blowing through the region's personal banking market, particularly at the top end...Moore, executive manager of private banking and share trading at the Al-Rajhi banking...
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Banking competition and efficiency: a micro-data analysis on the Czech banking industry.(Report)
Magazine article from: Comparative Economic Studies; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...role in the financing of the economy, banking competition exerts an impact on economic...are some potential negative effects of banking competition through excessive risk-taking...Moreover, a higher degree of competition in banking markets is expected to provide welfare...
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Banking sector showing improvement
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 12/28/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Setapa New Straits Times 12-28-2002 Banking sector showing improvement Byline: Azmi...systems, and the transaction systems of the banking industry must be up to date. Although...merger and consolidation, the domestic banking industry is starting to show signs of...
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BANKING EDUCATION AT MASSEY UNIVERSITY.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Journal of Banking and Financial Services; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
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BANKING DEPARMENT PERMITS STATE-CHARTERED BANKS TO PROVIDE ENHANCED TEMPORARY FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR EMERGENCIES
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/26/2008; 700+ words
; The New York State Banking Department issued the following news release: The New York State Banking Department today announced that, in light...normal amounts and on normal terms, the Banking Board has adopted a resolution under its...
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BANKING DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW BANKING BOARD MEMBER
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/11/2006; 598 words
; The New York State Banking Department issued the following news release: The New York State Banking Department is pleased to announce the appointment...Doepp of Commerzbank AG to the New York State Banking Board. Doepp was nominated by Gov. George...
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Banking for ladies only
Newspaper article from: The Malay Mail; 3/2/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...comfortable when asking them questions about banking problems, as you don't want them to...that you are unable to understand simple banking procedures. Perhaps you should try United Overseas Bank's (UOB) Portfolio Banking, a banking service for women. According...
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Banking, Online
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce
BANKING, ONLINE When the clicks-and-bricks euphoria...late 1990s, many banks began to view Web-based banking as a strategic imperative. The attraction of banks to online banking are fairly obvious: diminished transaction costs...
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Free Banking System
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
FREE BANKING SYSTEM FREE BANKING SYSTEM. Historically, in England and Scotland, free banking resulted from laissez-faire economic theories that called for limited government intervention into markets. The Scottish free banking system proved...
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E-banking
Book article from: Computer Sciences
E-banking Traditional banks offer many services to...customer money deposits, providing various banking services to customers, and making loans...Compared with traditional channels of offering banking services through physical branches, e...
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Malayan Banking Berhad
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Malayan Banking Berhad 14th Floor Menara Maybank, 100...Company Incorporated: 1960 as Malayan Banking Berhad Employees: 20,821 Total Assets...Symbol: MAYBANK NAIC: 522110 Commercial Banking; 522291 Consumer Lending; 522292 Real...
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banking
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
banking primarily the business of dealing in money and instruments...been subject to the supervision of state or federal banking authorities but that perform one or more of the traditional banking functions are savings and loan associations , mortgage...
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